Allegheny Mine
Allegheny Mine is a quarry in Ouray, Colorado and has an elevation of 9,544 feet. Allegheny Mine is situated nearby to the hamlet Pandora, as well as near the waterfall Bridal Veil Falls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
- Address: CO
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bridal Veil Falls.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Terry Foote, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bridal Veil Falls is a 365-foot waterfall at the end of the box canyon overlooking Telluride, Colorado. Hiking and off-road trails pass by the falls and it has a hydroelectric power plant at its top. Bridal Veil Falls is situated 2 miles southeast of Allegheny Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pandora and Telluride.
Pandora
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pandora is an unincorporated community located 1.5 miles east of Telluride in San Miguel County, Colorado. Pandora was founded in the 1880s as a mill town, serving as the site for mills of the Smuggler-Union, Tomboy, and Sheridan mines.
Telluride
Photo: John Fowler, CC BY 2.0.
Telluride is in the southern Rocky Mountains approximately 100 miles from Four Corners, the intersection of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Telluride is home to the Telluride Ski Resort, and home of an independent film festival.
Tomboy
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft, Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. Tomboy is situated 2 miles east of Allegheny Mine.
Allegheny Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Ouray, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.93805° or 37° 56′ 17″ northLongitude
-107.79312° or 107° 47′ 35″ westElevation
9,544 feet (2,909 metres)Open location code
859JW6Q4+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 369176690OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Allegheny Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Allegheny Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Colorado, Ouray County)”
- Cebuano: “Allegheny Mine”
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